Srinagar: Authorities have decided to keep schools and colleges closed for one more day on Tuesday as “precautionary measure.”
A spokesman of the education department said the measure has been taken to in view of the apprehension about “law and order” situation in the Kashmir Valley.
The schools and colleges remained closed on Monday following killing of 13 militant and four civilians in south Kashmir’s Shopian and Anantnag district on Sunday. Kashmir University and Central University of Kashmir had also cancelled all exams scheduled for Monday.
More than two hundred people had suffered injuries in government action to curb the clashes that ensued the killing of the militants at three places in two districts. Most of the protesters have suffered pellet injuries, many of them in eyes, while few even sustained bullet injuries.
